Accomplishing 2019 goals

One of the things I actually feel pretty good at is accomplishing the goals I set out to do; however when looking back over the year, there’s lots of things that I would have liked to do, but didn’t quite achieve — a classic case of biting off more than you can chew. In any case here’s the four steps I take to accomplish these goals

1. Set the goal. (Understand why you want to achieve this: self-competition, finance, vanity, etc.)
2. Break it down. (Make regular progress, set different phases, get milestones in place. All goals can and should be tracked. (Here’s how I track them))
3. Set (realistic) milestones.
4. Maintain accountability. There are two schools of thought: 1) tell your friends (so they hold you to it) 2) don’t tell your friends (so you don’t get the gratification of telling them in the first place

I set goals on a half year basis (a sign I’m too corporate maybe?)

As you can see, cooking took a back seat

This is the second medium post ;)

Overall the goals I felt like I could accomplish were the ones that only I was responsible for. Looking forward, I’d like to focus more on accomplishing shared goals with others.

With 2020 on the horizon, I’ve set the theme I’d like to focus on “Execution > consumption”. For 24 years I’ve emphasized learning over output and I’ll be making a conscious effort this year to change that behavior.

If there are any goals you’d like to keep yourself accountable to, I’d love to help you get there by accepting a $100 (or amount of your choice) deposit, refunded at the time of accomplishment. Comment or shoot me a message at rolsthoorn12@gmail.com